Feast of Alcyone

by Felideus @ deviantART

Today's draw is for the Feast of Alcyone, representing a personal inner message (as guided by Leon). I drew Eight of Water - Cerridwen, which makes me smile, because this card is all about magic and transformation. Setting intentions and shaping the future with your decisions. There is definitely an air of magic and mysticism with this card... it reaffirms my need to become a magician or alchemist in my life. Nice pick. 

I'm feeling a lot better this morning after having a lot of introvert time yesterday. Winterspell wordcount is now at 10,500, and I find I'm still receiving plenty of inspiration, so I'm still going strong.

I've been talking with Lulu about this whole ruffled feathers thing again and it made me realize what I have to do. So while I was reading her post for today, I would sit back and actively become pure awareness, reminding myself that I am another pair of eyes for Adonai - not a force of anger, or spite, or judgment. I did this every time I read something that would irk me - even in the slightest. I will continue to do this until Lulu no longer bothers the "ego-self" (I say this in quotes because I still haven't determined what "ego" actually is for myself). Until I can become pure awareness.

I'm looking forward to this afternoon/evening because I'm pretty sure I'll be catching up on some alone time. Brother's going to hang with his peeps, and parents are going to a party of sorts. I'm going to have to take advantage of this time to the best of my ability, because it's probably not going to happen again for a while, unless my brother hangs out with his friends again another day.

In other news, I recently watched Michele Knight's Pisces overview for 2013. Now that I've had two other annual readings, I'm interested to see how they compare with the astrological predictions:

•  January: Changes/new potential in regard to friendship(s). Big expansion of energy. Honesty. At the end of month, a big sigh of relief in the area of family/home. Positive home changes.
• February: Flowing with unconditional love. People may be drawn/attracted to you. At end of month (28th), you are in your power, kind of like casting magical spells into the universe.
• March: An idea from the past returns to inspire you.
• May: A global "high", but also good vibes in the family sector.
• June: Pleasure, new ideas/beginnings, creativity, a spiritual leap forward.
• July: 29th - Star of David, amongst a handful of other things. Spiritual awakening (global). Something intense or dramatic may happen.
• August: Evolving, growing, blossoming... in regard to having fun and adventure. Trusting creativity and intuition. 
• November: Healing something from past to make a huge leap forward.

For the most part, this seems to align with what I - and that member from SF - received, give or take. Especially June. June appears to be a very significant month for me. I'm interested to see how it all plays out... 

Oh - I finally received my SS gift. My Santa drew Xehebel for me - I'm very happy with it. It's always a treat to see how another artist portrays your dearest characters. 

And speaking of art... I finally decided on making another blog for my art/illustration. Blogspot, I mean. I may do a tumblr to go along with it - just for exposure - but I'm not completely sure, because I know how crediting and sourcing is often lost in all those reblogs. I do plan on watermarking, though, so maybe it won't be all bad. I'm not sure how soon I'll be posting art relating to my writing; I'm concerned with people thieving my material (I see it a lot with artists who post their "headworld" art). For now, I'll probably just focus on standard illustration... maybe some school stuff or personal art that isn't related to my precious stories.  It'd be a nice way to document progress, too.

I'll have to make a separate account for that, though. Oh, well. It takes less than 30 seconds to switch between accounts. Pfft.

We're nearing the end of 2012... holy Shiva.